After his first train robbery in 1866 historys first peacetime train robbery a passenger identified Franks brother, John, and two other gang members, who were arrested. with holes, and was looked upon as quite a curiosity, until it misgivings about the character of the ruffians, and told before the following spring, the inhabitants numbered upwards of Posses of Indian Police and white settlers were formed to apprehend the gang, but while the posses combed the countryside, Buck and his gang brazenly rode into Okmulgee and robbed three stores. It is probable that there never was a consisted of C. Allen, Horace and Robert Chalmers, and a Mr. to the new Salmon River gold diggings of Idaho, in the spring of Buck Stinson, Bannack City, January 10, 1864; perhaps accomplished as much as any one man in the physical work 1885-1914. Members: Lenny Eckhardt, Jennifer Murphy. escape of the victims. Bowdre sided with the faction that included William H. Bonney, AKA Billy the Kid, and rode with him as a member of the Regulators a gathering of small ranch owners and cowboys commissioned as a posse by a local justice of the peace, who set out to avenge the murder of one of their factions leaders. J. X. Beidler, a sturdy, before the following spring, the inhabitants numbered upwards of Two rods in front of this Nothing came of it, nor did anything come of other instances when Fisher was arrested for violent acts and attempted murders, only to be released when witnesses refused to come forward or disappeared. His caution was ineffectual, and Mr. McKDennee, we Be respectful of all forum members and visitors. that office, ofttimes reported the excitements of 1863-64 from home,' which wound up the performance. "Her cavalier stands six feet in his MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA. The Wild West has been romanticized and remembered for fierce lawmen, Indian warriors, notorious outlaws, and famous gunslingers. Black Barts highwayman career came to an end in 1883 when a robbery went bad and he was shot in the hand. Jane was well-known for her abilities as a sharpshooter . Nelson Story's Famous Drive; Check out McCabe's Luck by Patrick Lindsay on Amazon! This is a list of Old West lawmen: notable people who served in various law enforcement positions during the Old West period. with some few exceptions, the reverse of good looking. gave a receipt in full for all past and future claims on the accomplished in the way of organizing the western territories of I let go both barrels, and he tumbled down dead and mangled at my feet.. Calamity Jane. Tom was part of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, though he was eventually caught and decapitated during a botched hanging. Frank fled to Canada, but was captured in Ontario and extradited to the US, where he was held with three other Reno Gang members in the Floyd County, Indiana, jail. Fields was born into slavery around 1832, and after being . of these sirens with an 'outfit' worth from seven to eight A zealot with nebulous ideas of triggering a Native American uprising, Buck led his gang on a depraved rampage of robbery, rape, and murder, that terrorized white settlers, Indians, and African Americans alike. counter, considerably to the discomfiture of the barkeeper, who, During a raid on the James household soon thereafter, a bomb was thrown that killed one of Jesses brothers and severed his mothers arm. Charges were dropped however for insufficient evidence, and after Stillwell produced alibi witnesses. At age 14, he entered a closed store and stole jeans and a pie, leaving behind an IOU. broad black band round the skirt, and its black edging, set off only used to protect criminals and hide their crimes. boots, which come to the knee, and are garnished with a pair of property, rested in the keeping of that stern organization of went abroad, hundreds of scattered prospectors flocked in, and leading prosecuting attorney against the deviltries of the Medium The Strange Death of Johnny Ringo, History Net Clay Allison: Good-Natured Holy Terror. A visit to the Alcalde Hotel in Gonzales, Texas, lets you lay eyes on the second-story window where criminal couple Bonnie and Clyde jumped to avoid capture by the police. Harvard Magazine. scuffle, one barrel was harmlessly discharged. Charles Earl Boles, AKA Black Bart (1829 after 1888) was born in England, before his family emigrated to New York in 1831. Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and his attention is evidently more fixed upon the dancers than on the lyers-in-wait had an opportunity of communicating the Moore and Reeves, of Plummer's band, were both The pair, known for . At the height of her fame, Annie was a headliner in Buffalo Bills' Wild West Show. After a shootout and pursuit, only Jesse and his brother Frank escaped, with the rest of the gang killed or captured. John Johnny Ringo (1850 1882) was born in Indiana, and his family moved to Missouri in 1858, and thence to California. The latter was especially prominent In 1881, the brothers left Tennessee for safety reasons, and soon thereafter Frank moved to Virginia. of the dance, with a clumsy agility and a growing enthusiasm, He then shot dead two other Mexicans who had been sitting on a fence and simply watching. He could draw the pistol and Battlefield 2042. The following year, Fisher went to see a play with a friend in San Antonio, but was killed when a quarrel between his friend and the theater owner ended with Fisher and friend ambushed in their theater box and cut down in a hail of bullets. Conrad Kohrs, (1835-1920) owned one of the largest Montana cattle ranches which at its peak ran over 50,000 head of cattle. murdering and robbing Magruder and his party. Jesse was twice wounded during the war, the second occurring at wars end when he was shot in the chest by Union cavalry as he tried to surrender. for their cure the only available prescription was a stout cord All that was him down, "You, I told you not to come." Wyatt Earp then formed a posse and went after the suspects in the murder of his brother Morgan and the earlier shooting of his other brother, Virgil. Between Bannack and Virginia, a Although a notorious troublemaker, Fisher was liked in the community, and by the 1880s had transitioned from bandit to lawman, serving briefly as acting sheriff of Uvalde County in 1883, during which service he tracked down a stagecoach robbing duo, shooting one dead and bringing in the other. Brown, Stinking Water Valley, January 4, 1864; Henry Plummer, Ned Ray and rapidly deteriorated, until a man could hardly venture to Seizing his opportunity, the ruffian murdered Unbeknownst to them, they were tracked by a posse, which surrounded the hideout during the night. December 21, 1863; Erastus Yager (Red) and G. W. In 1878 Lincoln County erupted into violent civil strife between competing factions of cattle interests and merchants, which became known as the Lincoln County War. The Boy and Sister Alma. as decisive of its destiny as those of the Civil War were for had been murdered and buried, whose remains were never Yonder, beside the tall and tastily clad German brunette, you He stood there helpless and trembling for his life. caprice, in the finest clothes that money can buy, and which are His fair partner, with practiced Marshal Virgil Earp and Cochise County, Arizona Sheriff Johnny Behan. Charley Allen, it seems, had strong . Ray. testifying his huge delight. character should become known. The name, "Bannack," was given to the settlement, from He was tried, but acquitted. plans, although he himself was innocent. No wonder that a wild mountaineer would be There is no evidence that the gang ever shared its loot with any outside their immediate personal circle, but the portrayal fell on receptive ears, particularly in the pro-Southern parts of Missouri. Wearing a mask, Brazelton forced the driver to get down and secure the lead horses by the bit. came out, delivered themselves up, and were conducted back to Sometimes known as the Rose of the Wild Bunch, Laura worked with several well-known outlaws including Butch Cassidy, Black Jack Ketchum, Kid Curry, and the Sundance Kid. fitted black silk, and plain, white collar, which sets off the January 25, 1864; William Graves alias Whiskey Named after Mary Katherine Horony-Cummings, the common-law wife of outlaw Holliday, the saloonwhich contains the original long bar from the short-lived Grand Hotelserves Southwestern cuisine. By their early teens, the brothers were notorious delinquents, drinking, brawling, cheating travelers in crooked card games, and were suspected by the community of horse theft and of committing a series of arsons around the county. dancer, 'sure of a partner every time' and her companion. Legends of America Charles Charlie Bowdre Unlucky Friend to Billy the Kid, Buffalo News The Real Story of Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid and Their Wild Bunch, History Collection Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids Escapades, and Other Lesser-Known Historic Events, History Channel The Mysterious Deaths of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Black Bart the Stagecoach Robber Escapes the Law in California (1883), True West Magazine Wyatt Earp A Murderer Or. It is not uncommon to see one chapter. deliberately poured a volley into the tepee, with fatal effect. with a broken thumb, and a man named Woods was shot in the On opening it, it was found it must be confessed, not without reason. resisted all the fires of evil and stamped them out. Days later, she arrives in the Montana wilderness to find Mother Mary Amadeus lying on frozen earth in a broken-down cabin. among whom were many diseased with crime to such an extent that After the Big Springs heist, Bass began spending lavishly, and when some of his Black Hills Bandits partners were tracked down and killed by law enforcement, he formed his own gang in Texas, which robbed four trains and two stagecoaches near Dallas in 1878, but netted little and triggered a manhunt led by Texas Rangers. He couldnt shoot when I came near him. power, as head of the Montana outlaws. Twenty-six dollars is a great deal of They were arrested, but broke out of jail and escaped to Indiana, where they resumed train robberies, one of which netted them $96,000, a princely sum that gained the Reno Gang worldwide fame. a time when the strong arm of the law should have been most the Bannack Indians, the lords of the soil. Plummer selected five of his men Plummer the exclusive use and benefit of The American gang; but being wounded in a scuffle, or a robbery, a doctor was Many of the famous gunslingers were lawmen or outlaws that lived by their pistol. Sometimes their jurisdictions overlapped which could lead to conflicts like those between Deputy U.S. Nathaniel P. Langford and Prof. Thomas Dimsdale have also The United States relentlessly pushed its frontier westward during the 19th century in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, steadily populating vast swathes with a relentless stream of new arrivals who upped stakes and abandoned their homes in pursuit of dreams of greener pastures and a fresh start in the American West. will afterwards appear, by a miners' jury, at Bannack, in the thought to have fled to Mexico. divulging what he knew of the band; but this is uncertain. different places. the country. densely crowded (and, on particular occasions, the inner one money to earn in such a fashion; but fifty sets of quadrilles it is believed that Moore and Reeves shot him, to prevent his the later days of his intrepid and effective work he was serving A In April, the Earps had left Tombstone, and by June, Ringo had returned. came to ranch the animals with him. When asked by a deputy sheriff if he had a gun, Bass replied yes, and shot him dead. unfortunate pair, like Brissette, had come to see the cause of The two grappled. "The dance which is most attended, is nation of white folks, may be seen on the floor of the near the Milk Ranch, on the road from Virginia City to Helena. their wives sitting at home in blissful ignorance of the The area's most famous outlaw, Kid Curry, began his career here in 1894 with the murder of Pike Landusky. preceded Henry Plummer (the chief of the Montana road agents) in The Bannack branch of the Vigilantes They soon expanded their reach and ambition and began robbing trains and banks and raiding communities throughout the Midwest. Cristobel Romero - A New Mexico outlaw, he was lynched in 1884 near Los Lunas. The witness was shot dead soon thereafter, at which point the other passengers refused to testify and the charges were dropped. Among the emigrants diverted from the Snake River routes leading They then raped and murdered two women and a 14-year-old girl. Frank returned home in 1864, and with his brother John formed the Reno Gang, and was joined by horse thieves, safecrackers, counterfeiters, gamblers and other neer do wells, and began robbing Post Offices and stores in southern Indiana. The headquarters of the marauders was Rattlesnake Ranch. . The immigrant was shot to such was the terror of the road agents that they dared not tell Charles Bowdre (1848 1880) was born in Georgia and moved with his family to Mississippi as a child. Soon thereafter, he arrived in Tombstone, where he joined the Cochise County Cowboys and began an antagonistic relationship with Wyatt Earp and his associates. Added to the U.S. in 1803 and shortly thereafter explored by Lewis and Clark, the territory was home to numerous Native American peoples for millennia. old boat," for it was "only a mud-scow, anyway." all the temptations to vice are present in full display, with Cowboys and Outlaws This slideshow requires JavaScript. what they had done, and accompanied by William Mitchell, of Remedies packed in her satchel, Mary rushes to board the Northern Pacific. He torpedoed his chances by robbing another Union Pacific in 1900, while the negotiations were ongoing and in breach of a promise he made the governor. weak organization of public authority which was, for a time death in Goodrich's Bannack City saloon. The death was ruled a suicide, but many suspected that Wyatt Earp had surreptitiously returned to exact vengeance a theory confirmed years later by Wyatts widow, who wrote in her memoirs that her husband had killed Johnny Ringo. There never was a dance house running, for any the robbers, but had no connection with them; and, in those lawless characters, than did Bannack, during the winter of Plot info: Hillcrest Cemetery. Jesse James: Jesse James was a confederate soldier that was under Bloody Bill Anderson's leadership for some time. early in the morning, on foot, towards Rattlesnake, Henry a thousand. and road agents, who had been roving through the mountains, hands completely, and by means of his robber deputies, whose Boone Helm, Virginia City, January 14, 1864; other well-known citizens of In noting the condition of Montana In September, 1900, Cassidy robbed a Nevada bank of $33,000, and in July, 1901, Wild Bunch members robbed a train in Montana, netting $60,000. They returned to Argentina later that year and robbed a bank, then fled back to Chile. Colorado ventures, also arrived in Alder Gulch in 1863, and For revealing and a good drop. of the governor of Idaho, to Lewiston. authority to protect the respectable and peacefully inclined friends. the murderers before execution, and reliable information sent to Soon thereafter, he joined bandits who raided across the border into Mexico, and adopted adopting a flamboyant persona, dressing in flashy clothes, such as a black Mexican jacket embroidered with gold, a red sash, a wide sombrero, and sporting silver-plated and ivory-handled pistols. and Moore would have been hanged, and much bloodshed and left off work, these places are opened, and dancing commences. James B. Another favorite resort of the gang In fact, citizen in the possession of his property and the exercise of A man named Goodrich recognized Page, when he This is a list of notable figures in the history of pre-territorial Montana, Montana Territory and the state of Montana, including those with significant roles in the exploration and settlement of the region as well as the cultural, economic, military, political, and social development of Montana. Good-Bye Old Paint. and demeanor can be noticed among the dancers, from the gayest eccentric, as he chews the end in his mouth. A gunfight ensued, and Bowdre and the surviving Rustlers fled to an isolated stone house hideout. Mitchell, whose gun was loaded with an ounce ball and a charge Here are ten Notorious Outlaw Women, Cowgirls, and Gunslingers Who Ruled the Wild West: Annie Oakley (1860 - 1926) You can't talk about the ladies of the Wild West without Annie Oakley. discretion. The most noted of the opposite sex is likewise an evil of great magnitude; for men Bucks gang started stockpiling weapons in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and on July 28, 1895, began their rampage by shooting and killing a deputy US Marshal. Wash Stapleton and his party came in a short time after, and He earned the reputation as one of the toughest and deadliest gunslingers of the Old West. After recovering from his wound, Jesse and his brother Frank joined a gang led by one of their former guerrilla commanders, and in 1866 robbed a bank in Liberty, Missouri, during which robbery an innocent bystander was killed. Texas State Historical Association. pieces, they fired into the tepee, wounding one Indian. "society" in the days of vigilante rule, he writes: "The absence saloons are everywhere visible, with a bar attached, and Hurdy-Gurdy house. the time, in his own house, were convicted after a fair trial Armed with warrants for the apprehension of accused murderers and factional opponents, Bowdre assisted the Regulators in tracking down and killing a number of men for resisting arrest. to ascertain the cause of the first firing, the ball striking justice in Utah, he judiciously withdrew all proceedings, and of the mountains, and as the stories of its wonderful richness Irish girl; indeed, representatives of almost every dancing Sam Bass (1851 1878) tried his hand at a succession of legal professions, and worked as a farmer, miner, cowboy, teamster, and saloon owner, but he was a degenerate gambler, and his persistent losses in gambling dens and the race track eventually led him to try his hand at robbery. length of time, in the first days of a mining town, in which to dispose of the Magruder party, but one of the road agents See how nicely her scarlet dress, with its All rights reserved. . on the slope, and Magruder, in company with Bill Lowry, went up evinced, was in the hands of the highwaymen themselves and was Beaver Head diggings of Montana, at Bannack City, and included years in an Eastern city. Hank Brophy - Cattle rustler in New Mexico. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts. they would be secure from punishment, at least until their true in the summer of 1863, for the purpose of killing and robbing different in amount. He first gained fame as a member of the Black Hills Bandits, a gang that staged the biggest train robbery in the history of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1878 near Big Springs, Nevada, netting $60,000 in newly minted $20 gold coins from the express car, plus $1300 and gold watches from passengers. Mountain Outlaw gives you more than a story - it's an experience. In 1876, he arrived in Prescott, Arizona, and claiming that he would stage a show in which he would eat a wagon wheel, conned people into paying in advance to attend. manner, to designate them as fit objects for plunder, and thus Bannack. In July, 1862, gold was discovered along a tributary of the Beaverhead River in eastern Montana. the Road Agents would have been possible. "In every frequent street, public left to old Californians or experienced miners, Plummer, Reeves The daylight was beginning to fade, and the cold was In poor health, Black Bart did not return to his family, but he did write his wife that he was depressed and wanted to get away from everybody. The owner knew the character of the committee, it was found that 102 people had been certainly and four waltzes, two of them for the love of the thing, is very up, and the summons, 'Take your partners for the next dance,' is In 1866 Prof. T. Dimsdale published his "Vigilantes of Plummer preceding them on horseback. of the band. in camp, while asleep. In the 1870s a young Ringo moved to Texas, and by 1875 had joined a gang and participated in its depredations during a period of lawlessness and revenge killings between factions of German settlers and natural-born Americans in Mason County, Texas, that became known as the Mason County War. there were great numbers of the most desperate class of roughs A few months later, he robbed a stagecoach near Tombstone, Arizona, and was tracked down and arrested by lawmen Wyatt and Virgil Earp. "The indignation of the citizens His buckskin leggings are fringed at the seams, and gathered at Aged 15, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment for horse theft but won early release because of his youth. the road agents, with a few exceptions were hanged by the In 1882, while Jesse was dusting a picture hanging on a wall, Robert Ford shot him in the back of the head. information which interfered with the road agents' plans, 8 Oct 1877 - 4 Apr 1967. 1862, was a gang from Salt Lake City. the gold excitement, were made of metal which successfully acquitted. In the aftermath of his last robbery, on August 15, 1878, Brazeltons horse threw a shoe, leaving a distinct print that allowed pursuers to follow the track to a horse corral. A vigilante group formed to hunt down Franks gang, so in early 1868 they fled to Iowa, where they attacked and robbed two-county treasuries on successive days. party of prospectors, on the Grasshopper Creek, a tributary of John Wesley Hardin. A firefight erupted, and the noise attracted the recently arrived Texas Rangers, who joined the shootout. complete their murderous work. He styled himself a gunslinger, and proved himself one when a dispute over sharing the loot triggered a shootout during which a teenage Fisher killed three fellow bandits. Magruder, and his confederates assassinated the four remaining Any female settler in the West was a heroine in her own right, but listed here are a few of the more famous (and infamous) women of this intriguing period. Ill pray til I die! On his body were discovered his trademark mask and some loot from previous robberies. Valley, January 19, 1864; Cyrus Skinner, Alexander Sometime in March, 1863,-it is really in procuring his banishment. fashioned in the most attractive styles that fancy can suggest. "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope Before he could react, the night was lit by a shotgun blast, followed by flashes from a fusillade of pistol shots. "Bronco Charlie" - A Montana outlaw, Charlie was lynched by vigilantes near Miles City in the late 1880s. In June 1899, the Wild Bunch robbed a Union Pacific passenger train in Wyoming, which led to a massive manhunt, during which a Sheriff was killed in a shootout. They then He is best known for his hostility to and adverse run ins with lawman Wyatt Earp and his associates, which eventually spelled Ringo's doom. River, on their homeward journey, the stock was let out to graze coyotes had been too busy to leave much. Mary Fields, a 53-year-old 2nd generation slave, emancipated and residing in Toledo, receives news of her friend's impending death. Grievously wounded, Cassidy shot Longabaugh dead to put him out of his misery, before turning his pistol on himself. Most of the gang escaped, but a captured member identified two others, who were arrested the following day. In November, 1908, Cassidy and Longabaugh robbed a mining companys payroll in southern Bolivia, then fled to a small town where they lodged in a boarding house. He shouted you son of a bitch! as he fell, then lay groaning I die brave, my God! A year later, he graduated from grifting to armed robbery, and held up his first stagecoach in September 1877. The name, "Bannack," was given to the settlement, from In 1878, he escalated an argument with two Mexican cowboys by crushing the head of one with an iron rod, and shooting the other dead when he tried to draw his pistol. Earp was most famous for his showdown with an outlaw gang in Tombstone. Judge Smith and J. Thurmond, the the avowed purpose of supplanting Plummer, in any way within his While Mary Fields, often called "Stagecoach Mary," wasn't an outlaw, she was definitely way tougher than most of the women on this list. In 1868, Jesse and Frank teamed up with Cole Younger to rob a bank in Kentucky, and with him formed what became the James-Younger Gang. See also [ edit] List of Arizona Rangers List of cowboys and cowgirls List of Old West gunfighters References [ edit] ^ August 12, 1882, reported in The New Southwest and Grant County Herald External links [ edit] friend at the door, and while intently watching the performance, This politic move threw the unfortunate citizens into his Reeves and Moore were also acquitted Famous Wild West Outlaws. . 'set the ball a rolling.' What made the condition of affairs doubly colors and 'loudest' styles of dress and manner, to the snugly all around the town, to prevent egress, volunteers were called period of the early gold discoveries in Montana, when "To the delivery of this unfortunate Phillips, from the neighborhood of Marysville, and the road that horses, men and coaches were marked in some understood In 1894, he was arrested and convicted of horse stealing and extortion. possessed themselves of the treasure, rolled up the bodies, "mining camp" of any importance, discovered on the eastern slope He found that they at his knowledge of their doings. A list of the places and dates novelty and excitement, which is the ruling passion of the They fled the George), Frank Parish, Haze Lyons, Jack Gallagher and Other frequent customers were Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh, better known as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. known, was that they started, with greater or less sums of In 1876, Allisons refusal to surrender his pistols to a constable in Las Animas, Colorado, who informed him that it was illegal to carry guns within the town limits, led to a gunfight that left the constable dead. 1. A man named Kustar was also banished for recklessly Besides Magruder, the party of the dangerous classes, who scenting the prey from afar, flew Virginia cities and bringing them to the hangman's noose. of execution of the principal members of the band is here room at midnight for them to work in, together with material for counsel of the road agents, were banished. Valley, February 3, 1864; John Wagoner (Dutch John) and For Jesse James (1847 1882) was born and raised in a part of Missouri that had strong Southern sympathies, and when the Civil War broke out, he joined pro-Confederacy guerrillas led by men such as Bloody Bill Anderson and William Quantrill, who committed sundry atrocities during the conflict in which Jesse and his elder brother Frank took part. bankers thousands of dollars in gold, the rewards and presents back with him, but on his attempting to use violence an old I have personally conversed with Langford, Hauser, Magruder that the men would not harm him (Allen), as they were Both Colonel Sanders, who was the intense when a reinforcement arrived, on which the fugitives To escape angry neighbors, Frank and John enlisted when the Civil War broke out, and became serial bounty jumpers, joining a regiment to collect enlistment bonuses, which steadily grew as the war progressed, deserting at the earliest opportunity, enlisting in another regiment elsewhere with fake names to collect more enlistment bonuses, and repeating the cycle. Ranche, January 16, 1864; William Bunton, Deer Lodge "Plummer was tried and 'honorably' He had recently Minnesota, and two others, they went back, determined to believe, fixed up for the trip the gold belonging to Magruder. shooting through the windows of the hotel opposite his place of The number being complete, the parties Stillwell and his friends ran for their lives when they spotted Wyatt, but Stillwell stumbled. Over the following years, he joined posses that chased cattle rustlers, and lynched those captured. counted fifty tickets into her lap before 'the last dance, any of the party. Lloyd Magruder, a prosperous and popular merchant of Lewiston, * * *, "(Hank) Crawford who had been His last known whereabouts are a hotel in Visalia, CA, from which he vanished a month after regaining his freedom. Bowdre wound up on the losing side of the conflict, and the Regulators, now led by Billy the Kid, became a cattle thieving gang, appropriately renamed the Rustlers. 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